Comments on: More bad news for Netflix: Starz ends renewal talkshttps://gigaom.com/2011/09/01/netflix-starz-renewal-talks-end/
The industry leader in emerging technology researchTue, 22 Aug 2017 10:16:14 +0000hourly1By: netflixnationhttps://gigaom.com/2011/09/01/netflix-starz-renewal-talks-end/#comment-652367
Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:24:08 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=400472#comment-652367Could be worse… you could be stewing like Netflix Canada customers.
]]>By: Alexhttps://gigaom.com/2011/09/01/netflix-starz-renewal-talks-end/#comment-652354
Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:06:35 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=400472#comment-652354This is quite funny. Hollywood continues to be convinced their “premium content” even if it is years old holds VALUE. Look, all this does is force consumers to do more torrent activity. People are tired of being hosed by competing ecosystems on cable, ISP, satellite, etc. All you can eat stream is the future and Hollywood had best be prepared to accept that “windowing” isn’t going to last. The new economic model will be different. What that may mean is two things: (1) Less content but better quality (2) more content but poor quality. The book and film business is fighting to hold onto their old world model but yet, I see tons and tons of professional folks jumping onto “platforms” that circumvent to get the content they want (sadly, free) because these guys have not figured it out. Offer the content cheaply and widely enough and EVERYONE will support you. That would mean the END of DVD/BluRay as an economic model but it will come. Friction is going to disappear one way or another.
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Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:17:31 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=400472#comment-652334Unfortunately it seems the content providers are determined to fragment the market. Will consumers really want to maintain subscriptions to Cable/Satellite, Netflix, Hulu, and whatever else? Why can they not figure out a way to get their content out through *all* the available channels?
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Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:14:09 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=400472#comment-652333So this is 20th century media jumping into their fallout bunkers? If not available for streaming then I guess subscribers will be going back to renting and ripping discs. Good move guys.
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Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:43:33 +0000http://gigaom.com/?p=400472#comment-652328Brinkmanship at its best!
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